Overheard at the Aspen Ideas Festival Tuesday

I‘m Sandy O’Connor. I’m just an unemployed cowgirl.”

-former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

“Speaking of things  going on in Congress, if the vote had gone the other way on Friday, I would be here in sack cloth and ashes.”

-White House Science Advisor John Holdren

“Remember the 1990s, when the mere mention of Dan Quayle brought mirth and joy to the conversation? … Like a fine wine, Dan Quayle has no shelf life.”

— Atlantic Media President David Bradley

“In 1999, I thought, ‘I’m going to be dead soon, why not tell the truth? … Of course the joke is: I’m not dead.’”

-The Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan

“There are a lot of great things about the justice system. But the list of bad things is longer.”

-Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree

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